My ancestor in 1890 came by ship to Boston, then by rail to New Orleans and
on to California.
Eric Edgar
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:36 PM, Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com wrote:
Lorinda,
(Sorry for the misfire there).
As Dano eluded to, I think it depends more on the time period. The
My great grandfather, Francisco George (Jorge) immigrated from the Azores in
1889 and entered the US through Boston. Today we think that Ellis Island and
NYC was the typical entrance to the US from the Atlantic, but it wasn't always
so. Ellis Island began as the main East
Lorinda,
My relatives came in by boat to Rhode Island, and then migrated to
Sonoma/Napa Valley.
Adair
On Oct 19, 2011, at 7:07 PM, Lorinda wrote:
Does anyone have any idea how most of the Azoreans traveled to
California? I assume they took a boat from the Azores (there was no
other way off
I well understand the frustration of not finding an ancestor's arrival
in the U.S. I know my grandfather Jõao Silveira Leal sailed from Faial
in 1905, went through Ellis Island in New York, and then took the train
to Oakland, where his older brother, António Silveira Leal of what is
now
An appeal for help:
Joam (Joao) Pereira Pires,born about 1845 Beira, Velas, Sao Jorge. Was
in California (Rough and Ready in Nevada County) by 1872 (He is
found among the first 1,700 men of Portuguese descent who registered
to vote.) Supposedly went around horn to Hawaii, then by banana
boat to
The Panama Canal was finished in 1910.
Many Portuguese who came to California were by way of Hawaii. I had an Uncle
Jose Martin da Costa who went to Hawaii in 1882, then he traveled to California
where he and my Aunty Joaquina brought their children in about 1905. They
were one of many
Before Ellis Island, it was called Castle Garden.
For some reason, I think a majority of Portuguese came through New Bedford,
Providence, or Boston. I think I got that info from Paul Cyr, librarian in
the genealogy department at the New Bedford Public Library.
Either way, immigration to America
Repost for Judy G:
My grandfather had to go through the Ellis Island in bound clearing
where
was quarantine for a few weeks which I am sure you already know as all
coming into the New York, US point...He is on the wall with picture of
him
and my grandmother Mary George. Don't remember how he got
My Grandmother, Maria de Gloria Silveira, from Faial, came by boat to the
East Coast in 1892 and several years later, traveled to California by
train. My Grandfather, Francisco Jose Luiz (Lewis) and the rest of his family
that followed later came around the Horn about the 1870's.
My grandmother arrived in Providence on Nov. 1, 1922. She said she stayed
there for 2 days and then took the train to Chicago, arriving at 8 a.m. She
had to wait until 6 p.m. for the next train to Sacramento and then to
Hanford. She said the train took 2 days from Chicago to Sacramento. I never
In the case of my grandfather, Antonio Xavier Madruga, who came to the
United States in March 1892, he came from Pico via Faial to Ellis Island,
arriving March 20, 1892.
He then went by train to the area around what is now Antioch CA where he
worked on his Uncle Manuel Vieira's farm. Manuel and
Thanks JR. You are always very helpfull.
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Lorinda,
my Luiz family came from Lagoa (Rosario), San Miguel and mostly settled in Fall
River, MA. A few were thought to have moved on to CA. Was your Great
Grandfather from the same area?
Joanne
Joanne Medeiros Grota Mercier
Researching Bretanha (Medeiros Grota, Sousa), Lagoa (Luiz) and
This is a good question. I was told that my Grandfather came to the US in
1920 and was poor and was 15 years old and travel by train to CA. Not
sure how or what trains or anything but this was told to me
Bob Camacho
Researching the Island of Terceira for
da Costa, Evangelho, Pacheco,
My great grandparents on my grandmothers side, arrived in Hawaii from the Azores on May 4, 1883 on the S.S. Abergeldie, My great grandparents on my grandfathers side arrived in Hawaii on Mar. 4, 1886 on the S.S.Stirlingshire from Madeira. My grandparents married in Hawaii and later moved to Calif.
My much-older first cousin (who grew up knowing of our paternal
family's Portugueseness) told me that when he was a lad, our
grandfather related to him that when the family came from Flores --
best guess ca. 1872 -- they took the train cross-country from the East
(I seem to recall they may have
Repost for Katharine Baker:
Are you any relation to Pico-born sailor Genuíno Madruga, now living
on Faial, who has thus far twice circumnavigated the globe in his
sailboat Hemingway? I've never met him, but have read of his
adventures, and in June 2004 saw the Hemingway tied up in the Angra
do
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members every month, so it needs to be repeated frequently. Also for those
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